| NOUN | plant | Rhizophora, genus Rhizophora | type genus of the Rhizophoraceae |
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| Meaning | type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs. | |
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| Synonym | genus Rhizophora | |
| Member of | Rhizophoraceae, family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family | Trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts |
| Members | mangrove, Rhizophora mangle | A tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | genus rhizophora, rhizophora | |
| Catalan | genus rhizophora, rhizophora | |
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